"The Red Badge of Courage," Vocabulary from Ch's 12-18 40 words

The main character in Stephen Crane's
"Red Badge of Courage"seeks battlefield redemption for an earlier act of cowardice. Set during The Civil War, the protagonist must confront issues of manliness and fear as he returns to the battle from which he once ran.

THE ragged line had
respite for some minutes, but during its pause the struggle in the forest became magnified until the trees seemed to quiver from the firing and the ground to shake from the rushing of the men.